Meet NEFAC’s 2026 Fall Legal Fellows and First Amendment Intern

The New England First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce two law school legal fellows and one undergraduate intern who will be supporting the organization throughout the fall:

• Leila Barghouty | Third-Year Student Syracuse University College of Law
• Emma Garelick | Third-Year Student at Harvard Law School
• Teagan Keane | Senior at Boston University

LEGAL FELLOWS

Leila Barghouty is third-year law student at Syracuse University College of Law. She’s an award-winning journalist focused on public records and open source investigations, and was previously an editor on The Washington Post’s Video, Breaking News, and Visual Forensics desks. She helped launch California’s Police Records Access Project and has reported from Guantanamo Bay, Iraq and across the United States and Europe.

Matt Kristoffersen is a third-year student at Harvard Law School. He is a former journalist with bylines in the New York Times, the Sacramento Bee, and other publications. He graduated from Yale University with a degree in History.

FIRST AMENDMENT INTERN

Teagan Keane is a senior at Boston University majoring in public relations and journalism. She is interested in the intersection of journalism and the law, particularly the role of press freedom in supporting an informed public. At NEFAC, she will support social media efforts to raise awareness of First Amendment rights and the importance of protecting a free press.

NEFAC is the region’s leading defender of the First Amendment and open government. The coalition began in 2006 to advance and protect the five freedoms of the First Amendment, including the principle of the public’s right to know. We’re a broad-based organization of people who believe in the power of an informed democratic society.

Our coalition is funded through contributions made by those who value the First Amendment and who strive to keep government accountable. Please make a donation here.

NEFAC appreciates the support of all its donors and contributors. In particular, we would like to recognize the Estate of Gloria L. Negri, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the following Leadership Circle donors: Rhode Island Foundation, The Boston Globe, Paul and Ann Sagan, The Harbus Foundation, Boston University, the Champa Charitable Foundation, the Robertson Foundation, and Philip and Judith Meyer. Major Supporters of NEFAC’s work include Hearst Connecticut Media Group, Gravel & Shea PC, the Academy of New England Journalists, Truro News and Patrisha McLean.